Mike Rutherford interviewed pre-8am on BBC Breakfast, Thursday 9th March 2023

Mike + The Mechanics @officialmatm
8h Mike joined the @BBCBreakfast crew this morning to preview the Mike + The Mechanics Refueled Tour, which kicks off its UK-wide run in April 🎸
Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, co-founder of the rock band Genesis.
The Independent
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Breakfast
09/03/2023
The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team.
Charlie Stayt, Nina Warhurst
Duration194 mins First shown 6am 9 Mar 2023 Expires tomorrow 9:13am

[teelurizzo]

Steve Hackett's Genesis Revisited has been doing fantastic justice to Genesis' Prog era.

[permaveg]

Fortunately, Steve Hackett continues to play the old classic Genesis material to great effect to adoring Genesis fans around the world.

[mattychapati]

🇬🇧 Good old Mike. Glad that the Mechanics are still going strong. Amazingly talented musician, top flight. God bless ya Mike. 🇬🇧

[powerofpop]

Love Mike - such a talented musician and songwriter. What a gent!

[ezioauditore]

Steve Hackett has been doing just this for years. Saw him do the 50th Anniversary of Foxtrot last year. It was fantastic. The best years of this band in my view were 71-77.

[terryharper]

One of the five, my hero bass player. Listening to Genesis during all my life. Forever genius, to me for sure.

[lucasharris]

What a career, wow! All these years and still going strong. Mike Rutherford is awesome. Ever since I had heard Foxtrot I have been a big fan.

[stevetheprogger]

Total gent. Great professional. Bless you Mike

[Antman-cych]

Love Mike. Seems like such a great guy.

[figgybass]

Glad to see he's going to keep performing live. I've been such a huge fan of him and Genesis, and really enjoyed Mike and the Mechanics tunes as well. Especially with Paul Carrick singing.

[martysmith]

Mike and the Mechanics ain't the same without Paul Carrack. That guy has one of the best voices in music.

[jenselinsky]

My husband and I saw our first and last Genesis concert in December 2021. Seeing Mike, Tony, and Phil was great!

[paulcarpool]

Such a great and ground breaking band! So much respect for each and every member of Genesis!

[wynhughes]

I saw M&M many years ago when Paul Carrick & Paul Young were playing with the band great show good songs. Hope the tour goes well.
Genesis R.i.P but the music will live on.

[o.portista]

An underrated legend, Deserves so much credit 👑

[thomasmalone]

Keep going Mike. The music business needs you.

[enzapetrilli]

Always loved Genesis, great band, Best drummer and song writer Phil Colins l was there last concert awesome!! Good to see Mike on tour again.

[poppydogz]

I've been to 2 outdoor Genesis Concerts Leeds rounday park 1992 and six of the best milton keynes bowl 1982, brilliant..

[andytom]

Mike has always been a pillar of everything.. what he did from the beginning was the most difficult game both technically and compositionally. Great Mike.. And the Rome location is the best :-) in 2007 I was there. hello everyone from Roma!

[SuperKAgility]

Mike is soo under rated as a bass player. He is in my opinion one of the best.